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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Stars back Echo's dementia drugs campaign

Cliff Richard and former Coronation Street star Sally Lindsay have lent their support to the Northern Echo's "Don't Stop Dementia Drugs" campaign. Three weeks ago the paper announced that it was backing the Alzheimer's Society's fight to overturn restrictions that will deny newly-diagnosed Alzheimer's patients many of the drugs they need. Hundreds of readers have signed the paper's petition calling on the health secretary Patricia Hewitt to reconsider the decision. (Via Northern Echo)

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